Miner's Guide
by bcawley
Miner's Guide shows players which ores generate in the world and where to look for them, through an overlay on the game screen and a distribution screen.
What it does
Players open a distribution screen with a default key to see where each ore can be found, and a text overlay lists the ores available in the current area along with the chance of finding them and the direction to go. The overlay is meant to help players locate ores and improve their odds of finding them during mining trips.
The mod runs on Fabric and needs Fabric API, which must be installed next to it. Mod Menu is optional and gives access to the config screen, where the overlay can be customized in full. Miner's Guide is client-side only, so only the player needs it and a server can run without it. It is published for 1.21.4 and 1.21.8, with 1.0.1 for 1.21.8 as the latest file, and is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Ore distribution screen
A screen opened with a default key shows the information about where each ore can be found.
Text overlay
An on-screen text overlay lists the ores available nearby, their chance of appearing and the direction to go.
Full overlay configuration
The config screen, reachable through Mod Menu, allows the overlay to be customized in detail.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
Use cases
Ore hunting in survival
Players searching for a particular ore can check the distribution screen for likely locations before digging.
Exploring new terrain
The overlay shows which ores are available around the player, which helps when moving into an unfamiliar area.
Who it’s for: Players who want guidance on where ores appear in a survival world, and who prefer a screen overlay to looking up ore tables outside the game.
Questions
Does Miner's Guide need Fabric API?
Does the server need Miner's Guide?
How can the overlay be changed?
In the catalog
Miner's Guide is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/miners-guide
- Owner
- bcawley
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15